This post has a parental guidance warning and is probably not safe for work. In Nagato, near Hagi, there is a fertility shrine and, like most laments to fertility, it concentrates on just one thing. It was fairly well hidden and took a bit of time to find as the locals were a bit bemused with our limited, and probably quite crude, Japanese descriptions of what we were looking for. Apparently, the done thing is to buy a ceramic one, write a wish on it, and stash it with the others.
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Andy Martin October 3, 2011
Well it worked for me, as the blog author will attest!
Rob K October 7, 2011
Are they sized to scale for the locals ha ha?
winegums October 11, 2011
They are pretty big actually. I almost brought one as a souvenir but didn’t fancy bringing it back through customs
Andy Martin October 7, 2011
I understand there is actually a large Anglo-American contingent there, Rob…..
Rob K October 15, 2011
Ha ha Andy!